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IC Engines and Nuclear Power Plants problems


  • 1. In petrol engines, using a fixed octane rating fuel, the increase in engine speed will decrease the knocking tendency.

  • Options
  • A. Yes
  • B. No
  • Discuss
  • 2. In a four stroke cycle diesel engine, the inlet valve

  • Options
  • A. opens at 20° before top dead centre and closes at 40° after bottom dead centre
  • B. opens at 20° after top dead centre and closes at 20° before bottom dead centre
  • C. opens at top dead centre and closes at bottom dead centre
  • D. may open and close anywhere
  • Discuss
  • 3. Special reactors, called breeder reactors, supply a net gain of fissionable material.

  • Options
  • A. True
  • B. False
  • Discuss
  • 4. Which one of the following engines will have heavier flywheel than the remaining ones?

  • Options
  • A. 30 kW four-stroke petrol engine running at 1500 r.p.m.
  • B. 30 kW two-stroke petrol engine running at 1500 r.p.m.
  • C. 30 kW two-stroke diesel engine running at 750 r.p.m.
  • D. 30 kW four-stroke diesel engine running at 750 r.p.m.
  • Discuss
  • 5. Materials which make good moderators do not make good reflectors.

  • Options
  • A. Correct
  • B. Incorrect
  • Discuss
  • 6. The cetane number of diesel oil, generally available, is

  • Options
  • A. 20 to 25
  • B. 25 to 30
  • C. 30 to 40
  • D. 40 to 55
  • Discuss
  • 7. The octane number of petrol, generally available, is

  • Options
  • A. 20 to 40
  • B. 40 to 60
  • C. 60 to 80
  • D. 80 to 100
  • Discuss
  • 8. The air standard efficiency ofan I.C. engine is given by (where r = Compression ratio, and ? = Ratio of specific heats)

  • Options
  • A. 1 - r? - 1
  • B. 1 + r? - 1
  • C.
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 9. In a four stroke cycle diesel engine, the compression

  • Options
  • A. starts at 40° after bottom dead centre and ends at 10° before top dead centre
  • B. starts at 40° before top dead centre and ends at 40° after top dead centre
  • C. starts at top dead centre and ends at 40° before bottom dead centre
  • D. may start and end anywhere
  • Discuss
  • 10. The ratio of the work obtained at the crankshaft in a given time to the energy supplied during the same time is called

  • Options
  • A. mechanical efficiency
  • B. overall efficiency
  • C. indicated thermal efficiency
  • D. volumetric efficiency
  • Discuss

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